Why is PHP's OCI8/Oracle oci_bind_array_by_name not working for me?

Question

I\'m trying to bind a php variable to pl/sql array. The pl/sql procedure works fine when I execute it manually and set the bind, so I know that\'s not the problem. It\'s the <

Answer 1

And I feel like a fool because I did not read the API closely enough. Apparently I was specifying the max_table_length but the error message was referring to the max_item_length which I left as -1... but that's a no-no since I'm binding an OUT parameter instead of an IN one.

Changed the bind like so and it now works:

oci_bind_array_by_name($stmt,'USER_ID_ARRAY', $userIdArray, 250, 250, SQLT_VCS);